Chapter 38: The Night of Scramble (1)

Evening, on the periphery of the Land of Trials.

There were dark weeds and tall dark trees everywhere, and the light of the blood moon had dimmed a little.

Ayton and Ariel came to a clearing with a little blood still on the ground.

"Is this where you and Sheerna were ambushed?" Ayton looked closely at the bloodstains, making sure it was the blood of the dark elves.

"Well, it looks like Sylna was injured trying to cover me. Ariel touched the wound on her left shoulder, and after an afternoon of ointment, she was almost healed.

"Then let's go find her along the bloodstains. By this time, Ayton had already known that Sheerna had stabbed her in the back to prevent Ariel from going to him, and his hatred for her was gone, and he could only be grateful.

Especially when I heard that Sheena risked her life to cover for Ariel at the last moment, she successfully dragged Salias and Smerin together. Now that I know that Sheena is injured, I can't help but feel a little worried.

Although the two were unfamiliar with the terrain, there was still a way to track the bloodstains. The two of them ran all the way, and after about half an hour, a river appeared in front of their eyes.

Seeing the river, Ayton couldn't help but think of its end again, the lake that got along with Hitomi.

"Brother, the blood is gone here, and Hirna may have crossed the river. ”

"Did you cross the river?" Ayton muttered. "It's not good to cross the river with a wound, the wound in the water is easy to infect, and when you are in the water, you will slow down, slap the sound of the water to expose yourself, and you are not afraid of being hit by the magic behind you. ”

"Could it be that she's been submerging in the water and then moving slowly underwater, and there are some reeds in the water that she can breathe underwater for a long time" Ariel noticed some broken reeds by the river. The stems of these plants are hollow and can be used as straws to breathe underwater.

"But it's too slow to move underwater, and you can be pierced by shadow arrows. Ayton shook his head, "And why are there so many broken reeds here, judging by the incision, it should have been broken by the Darkblade magic." ”

"What then?" said Ariel, frowning.

"Sylna is the number one jungle shooter of our Dark Elves' younger generation. Ayton seemed to have something in mind, "Then she should know some ways to hide her traces and look for clues." ”

"I see. Ariel suddenly realized, and began to take a closer look at the ground around her.

There was still a faint smell of blood in the air, and Ariel picked up some weeds and rubble from the ground and finally found it.

Ayton stepped forward to see a faint trail of blood on the back of the weeds, as well as some blood under the rubble. I see, she pulled out the weeds with blood stains, and then covered them with stones or something, and the scene seemed so natural and harmonious that you couldn't find it if you didn't look carefully. ”

"They didn't find any of them, so we'll be sure to find Hilna along the shore. ”

"Okay. ”

The two chased along the shore, and ran for about two or three minutes before they found blood under a large tree, but there were still traces of a battle, a man and a spider, and a few black arrows stuck in the surrounding trees.

"Not good. Ayton was startled and chased after the footprints on the ground, and at this time Sylna couldn't care about hiding her whereabouts. Ariel followed.

Finally, half an hour later, night had fallen. The low chirping of poisonous insects was everywhere, and some small spiders and centipedes also began to forage at night, and the strong light for two consecutive days made them particularly uncomfortable.

Ariel found Sylna in a large tree in a collapsed coma, and next to her lay the corpse of a third-order spider demon covered in arrows. The crystal nucleus in her head hadn't been dug out yet, and it seemed that Sylna had her life hanging by a thread to kill the spider demon.

"It looks like he lost too much blood and passed out. Ayton stepped forward to inspect Sheena's injuries and helped her with them.

"I'm glad I met us, otherwise I guess I would have been eaten by other monsters. Ariel glanced at the blood moon, which had dimmed slightly.

......

Sylna only felt sore, as if there were people next to her who didn't know what they were doing to her. He opened his eyes leisurely and saw Ayton beside him, and his eyes suddenly widened in shock.

"Wake up. ”

"Why are you here?" said Sylna with difficulty, and then glanced at Ariel next to her, who nodded at her without saying anything.

"We've followed your trail and finally found you. ”

"I heard from Ariel that you ended up risking your life to help her drag Salisse and Merlin, thank you. Ayton thanked him from the bottom of his heart, and if it wasn't for her help at a critical time, he might not have seen Ariel, so he had to repay the favor.

"I see, don't you hate me for betraying you when I started?"

"At first it was a bit hateful, but now we're both clear. ”

"Okay. Sylna nodded expressionlessly, then sat down on the ground with her eyes closed and rested. Since Ayton didn't die, Ariel didn't have much of a place for her.

After about 1 hour, Sylna recovered a little from her injuries and stood up.

"Sylna, do you know where Saliyath and Merlin have gone?"

"Why do you ask this?" said Sylna, a frown. "Do you still want to take revenge? ”

"Of course, we don't have a single crystal nucleus right now, so we'll have to get some interest back from them," Ayton rubbed his fist. "And Ariel's sword hasn't been retrieved yet. ”

"It's the poison that Merlin provided, it's very useful, and I'll be sure to grab some back when the time comes. Ariel said aggrievedly, she basically hasn't fought much in the past two days, she has been poisoned by the spider demon dismantler twice, and her fighting spirit and magic have not been used, and she has been holding her breath, and she must vent it well tonight.

Sylna glanced at Ariel, who was also eager to try. "Okay, I'll help you find them, it just so happened that my crystal nuclei were thrown by the river, and now they are probably in the hands of the two of them. As a bush hunter, she is still very good at finding prey, and with her help, the two of them will have a better chance of finding the two women.

"Without further ado, let's go. ”

......

Saliyaz and Merlin walked nonchalantly down the road.

"Well, I'll meet at the agreed place, where the hell did that damn Atocle and Felta go, they still owe me twenty third-order crystal nuclei. Merlin grumbled, they agreed that the other three would each give her ten third-order demonic beast crystal nuclei, but now the two of them were gone, and only Saliath's ten were given to her.

"Eighty percent of the debt is going to be repaid, after all, we didn't kill that Ayton with our own hands. Saliyaz touched the short sword at her waist and said disapprovingly, she had already gotten what she wanted.

"Hmph, if you dare to pay me a debt, I'll let them know what pain is. Mei Lin said fiercely, killing two of her kindred for the sake of ten crystal nuclei was a huge loss in her opinion.

Salias didn't answer, thinking about leaving the Trials Ground and going to the Cave of Ayton to take the Winged Clan away.

"Anyway, are the wings of the Wing Clan better fried or braised better?"

"Saris, why do you always like to eat the flesh of people, especially the wings behind the wings, don't you feel uncomfortable?" Merlin wondered, she hadn't known Saliyath for a day or two, and often saw her with some slave's severed limbs, ears or wings in her mouth.

"Because I'm hungry. Saliyaz's eyes wandered, not knowing what she was thinking.

Merlin had heard this explanation countless times, and she didn't want to say it again: 'Hungry, don't you eat anything else, you have to eat human flesh?' I didn't bother to talk to her, and complained about Kia Tokele's getting up.

"Whoosh"

Suddenly, a black arrow flew towards Sarias's leg, and she dodged it sideways. Only one scratch on the leg remained.

"Sheena, you dare to come back. Saliyath shouted angrily in the direction the arrow was flying.

"Did you come to me to ask for crystal nuclei?" Merlin touched the bulging bag around her waist, which contained about 20 crystal nuclei.

"You can if you want, but you have to promise me a few conditions. The implication is that if you want the crystal nucleus, you can, but there are conditions, and she said this to give Sylna a step down, indicating that she didn't want to be her enemy.

"I'm not going to promise you any more to help you with your experiments, I'm sick to death from eating all this mess of herbs. Sylna jumped down from the tree. "And I just want those nuclei that belong to me. ”

"Hehe, you're alone?" Saliyaz chuckled.

"Of course I'm not alone. Before Syla could finish speaking, a shadow arrow flew from behind them.

'Black Shield', who had been vigilant all around, immediately released a black shield to block the magic attack. "Who is it and what do you want to do?"

"Don't you know me so soon" Ayton stepped out from behind them, forming a front and back attack with Sheena. "Hand over the sword and the ten Demon Beast crystal nuclei, otherwise ......"

"You're not dead, it's up to you to see if you have the ability. Salias interrupted, and then quickly rushed towards Ayton, this sword she didn't like, and she couldn't hand it over so easily.

Merlin knows that there is no way to reconcile now, she must fight first, condense magic to attack Sylna, if it was before, Merlin categorically couldn't beat Sylna, but now Sylna's injuries are only half recovered, so she plans to deal with Sylna first, and then go to help Sarias.

"This sword doesn't belong to you!" Ayton looked at the Nether Short Sword in Saliath's hand, and immediately became furious, and rushed towards Saliyath.

Suddenly, the blood-colored light on the short sword in Saliyas's hand shone brightly.

It's an 'outburst'!" Ayton's pupils narrowed.

'Shadow Stand-in' and 'Black Screen' are both tricks. Ayton's figure immediately turned into two and ran towards Shaperina's sides.

Eruption could only be used once a day, and for a very short period of time, she was using it too early. Ayton knew at a glance that she wasn't skilled enough with the weapon. As long as he dodged her full force, he had a good chance of defeating Saliyas, not to mention that there was also Ariel who was in the shadows and never came out.

"If you want to hide, it's not so easy" Sarias sneered, a small four-manged magic array actually appeared in her left hand, and two big black hands stretched out from it, grabbing two Aytons at the same time, she already knew that Ayton's shadow double was very realistic, and she couldn't tell the difference, but there were only two, unlike Ariel, who could conjure three.

The Embrace of Darkness was just enough to restrain the two figures at once, and Ayton gritted his teeth and swung his sword at the large hand that flew towards him. The blade of the sword glowed brightly. 'Erupt'!

The big black hand immediately split into two parts, and the magical ability immediately dissipated into the air.

Ayton used a burst, because if he relied on the blood blade alone, he couldn't see the big black hand with a sword, unless he would know Ariel's kind of 'Thousand Shadows Kill', but Mentor Shaperina said that this move was only suitable for Ariel's Shadow Fighting Qigong technique.

'Good opportunity. Saliyaz was overjoyed, and slashed a powerful sword at Ayton, the light on the short sword was still dazzling, which was also related to Ayton's superb forging skills, if it was an enchantment performed by someone else, the duration of the explosion was estimated to be only for a moment.

The body of the 'Bloody Blade Flurry' long sword glowed with blood, in stark contrast to the dazzling white and red light on the short sword.

With a "bang", Ayton was knocked back 5 steps, a trace of blood appeared at the corner of his mouth, he only felt a churning in his stomach, and the tiger's mouth was almost cracked. Now he finally understood how Artokle had felt when he had taken his sword.

Before Sarias could rejoice, a shadow arrow stabbed her right wrist in the face of the sword, causing her to let out a cry of pain and let go of the short sword in her right hand.

The dagger fell to the ground with a "clang". Before she had time to turn around to see who the sneak attacker was, Sarias hurriedly bent down with her left hand to pick up the sword.

Seeing this, Ayton immediately released an energy lock that wrapped around Sarias's left hand, pulling it to the left, and the latter was powerless to resist and fell to the ground in an instant.

When Salisse reacted, she felt a chill on her neck, and Ayton had already put his sword on her neck.